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The Impact Of IoT On Data Centers

June 21, 2017September 13, 2017

It is needless to say that our world today is data driven and almost all aspects of life today depends on a wide variety of smart devices. From business to entertainment to innovation, we need the IoT (Internet of Things) in a number of ways which makes it a vital part of humanity nowadays. What you need to understand is that IoT impacts your life on a day to day level. Do you know in 5 years’ time, every living person on earth will be creating fresh 1.7mb of data per second? This study conducted concluded that IoT plays a huge role in impacting our professional and personal lives. In this post, we are going to look at how IoT impacts the business world, especially when it comes to the data centers.

Internet of Things (IoT)

We now live in a world where basic things like homes, cars, smartphones and smart watches all need to be connected to each other and the internet to be able to access data. To create data, these devices use cloud computing and internet connection constantly. All these devices that need internet connectivity are what are called the Internet of Things.

Cisco estimates that by the year 2020 there will be over 150 billion devices that will make up IoT around the world. A huge percentage of these smart devices will be in manufacturing facilities to help empower businesses and modernize data centers while a percentage of the devices will go towards making up smart homes.

Data Centers and The IoT

The IoT has had a very big impact on data centers in recent years by making them better and faster. Data center managers rely heavily on Internet of Things to manage and operate data centers. The IoT has also made the service industry a lot better and convenient both to business owners and customers.

When it comes to business, the IoT has enabled companies to store data which makes it easy to compile performance history on different departments. This information is very crucial since it helps businesses to be able to predict future trends and be able to adapt when need be. Managers can also use this information to make necessary changes in their day to day running of the business to grow. Companies who take advantage of this trend are now able to work smart instead of working hard.

Data center professionals deploy IoT-driven solutions across data centers to help detect any changes that may cause a problem in the future. The Internet of Things allows managers to closely monitor their data centers and enables them to implement preventative measures. In case of data breaches, the Internet of Things help to identify the problem fast alerting data center managers to take reactive measures against the threats. IoT allows these managers to monitor data centers remotely meaning they can do it from anywhere ensuring that data centers are monitored all the time.

What You Need to Know

As a company, it is important to have strong resources to support your data center. You need to work with data center professionals who are able to offer data center solutions by making best use of IoT. We can safely say that the IoT is not going away, and it is in our best interests to capitalize on it to advance data center technology advancement.